I really wish that I was born early so I’ve could witness the early years of Linux. What was it like being there when a kernel was released that would power multiple OSes and, best of all, for free?

I want know about everything: software, hardware, games, early community, etc.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    7 hours ago

    Yes, and encryption had nothing to do with it (though I suppose it would have prevented it in this case).

    A properly configured modem would ignore this coming from the Internet side, or escape the characters so that they didn’t form that string.

    • dan@upvote.au
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Encryption would prevent it - that’s what I meant :)

      I think the trick is to convince someone to send that string, so the modem sees it coming from the computer. Similar to tricking someone into pressing Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Alt+Del twice on Windows 9x.